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Comp Notes is a podcast for college students in first-year writing courses. We'll cover the concepts you'll discuss in class, giving you a chance to reinforce or grow your understanding of them.
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Thesis Statements
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Mark Sutton
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This episode discusses the features of a thesis statement, along with some strategies for creating one.
Additional Materials:
- Yvonne Bruce and Emilie Zickel's "Creating the Thesis" from A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing
- The Word on College Reading and Writing's "Finding the Thesis"
- Purdue OWL's "Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements"
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Writing Center's "Thesis Statements"
- Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Developing a Thesis Statement"
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